Please see below details of this year's Scór na nÓg table quiz which will take place this Sunday, 2nd December 2018, in Kilbride Community Centre at 5:00pm. 


Anyone interested in taking part is asked to email Rosaleen Carley at [email protected] with the following competitor details: name in Irish and English, date of birth, address and Roscommon Gaels membership number.


The Scór na nÓg table quiz competition is for teams of four (4), all four team members must be registered members of their GAA Club and be u17 on 1st January 2019. 


The winners of the County Final will progress to to the All-Ireland Final, which will be held next February in Castlebar, Co Mayo. 


The Quizmaster shall have one set of questions for all teams. 


There shall be ten (10) rounds of eight (8) questions each.  


Questions to be "inclusive" comprising six (6) questions and two (2) questions of a higher standard in each round. 


Each round will include one (1) question "as gaeilge". 


Rounds of questions will be under the following headings: 


1. Gaelic and Ladies Football 
2. Hurling and Camogie 
3. General GAA round 
4. Irish History 
5. World History and World Geography 
6. Ir ish Geography 
7. Irish Curent Affairs 
8. World Current Affairs 
9. Irish Culture
10. General Knowledge ​
​

Lotto
Jackpot - €10,000 NO WINNER
Numbers Drawn - 1, 10, 11, 29

The weekly winners of €30 were
• Marie Mitchell, Carrowroe.
• Jason Gannon, Stonepark.
• Cathal & Connor Penney, Oranmore.
• Darragh Hickey, Strokestown.

Thanks to everyone who bought and sold tickets your support is very much appreciated. 

COACHING NEWS  (WK 48 2018)
A. Football Coaching Workshop : " Transitional play in Gaelic Football" 
Thank You to Roscommon Gaels coaches who attended the excellent workshop in the Hyde last Friday given by Steven Poacher. 
 
A. Feile Meeting
Connacht GAA will be holding a registration and information evening for all GAA and LGFA sides who have already signed up or are interested in partaking in Feile Peil na NOg 2019 being hosted by Connacht GAA throughout the Province on the weekend of June 28/29/30th 2019/
The information evening will take place at the Connacht GAA Centre on Monday 26th November at 7.30 p.m. Clubs who are attending are asked to bring back completed registration forms plus entry fees and are welcome to enquire about any matters that concern them regarding hosting or playing in Feile Peil 2018.
 
B. Award 1 Hurling Course
Roscommon Coach  Education  will hold an Award One Hurling course for all club coaches on Friday December 7th, Saturday  December 8th  and Saturday December 15th. We are asking all clubs to submit the names of their coaches who wish to avail of the course to Proinsias Killion Hurling GPO no later than Friday November 30th.
 
The course will take place in Knockcroghery NS and adjacent Astro pitch
 
C. On-Line Football Foundation Course
Roscommon Coach Education  on-line Football Foundation Course will open on Wednesday November 21st for registration until Wednesday December 12th for all on-line modules to be completed, with a  date for all practical assessment TBC. We are urging all GAA coaches interested in coaching  to register by contacting course coordinator  Oliver Lennon for all the details [email protected]
 
D. National Coaching & Games Development Conference
The GAA Games Development Conference will take place on Friday, January 11th and Saturday, January 12th in Croke Park. The Conference programme is currently being finalised, with information available from https://learning.gaa.ie/conference2019 and @gaalearning

Cards
Reminder there are card every Monday Evening in the Hyde Centre from 8.30pm.  Last weeks card winner were Willie Little, Ann Mulhern & Benny McDermott.

Social Media
Please check out and follow our Club Face book / Twitter sites for latest results and fixtures and goings on in the club

Circuit Training
NEW MEN & WOMEN'S CIRCUIT TRAINING
HYDE CENTRE STARTS THURSDAY 15th NOVEMBER 8-9 PM
💥 Suitable for all levels of fitness
💥 Burn fat
💥 Improve fitness 
💥 Build strength and tone up

For further information contact Liam on (087) 783 2034

We received the below testimonial from some of our members.
Attended Liam's Lean Fitness in the Hyde on Thursday and it was a great bit of exercise. Gets the heart and the lungs going - not too exhausting and can go at own pace. Suitable for all levels of fitness." Gaels Members - Noel, Mike Caoimhe & Cahal.

Scór na nÓg
Roscommon Gaels was proudly represented at the Scór na nÓg qualifier held in Ballinaheglish Community Centre on Saturday, November 24th. We had Jane King in the Solo Singing competition who then teamed up with Isabelle Sexton and Lile Mc Caffery for the Ballad Group competition. We are delighted with their performances. Congratulations to Jane King who goes forward to represent Roscommon Gaels in the County Final in the Dean Crowe Centre, Athlone on Sunday, 8th December. Maith sibh a chailiní. Táimid an-bhródiúil asaibh.  

LGFA
U14 girls were invited to attend a bowling evening last Saturday evening pictured are the girls who attended.

Ladies Football AGM
Our Roscommon Gaels Ladies  AGM  is on Wednesday Evening 28th November at 8:30pm in The Hyde Centre. We are asking all club members and parents to attend. 

Camogie AGM
Our Roscommon Gaels Camogie AGM is on Wednesday Evening 5th December at 8:30pm in the Hyde Centre. We are asking all club members and parents to attend. 

Lotto
Jackpot - €10,000 NO WINNER
Numbers Drawn - 3, 10, 15, 25

The weekly winners of €30 were
• Shane Nerney, Abbeytown.
• Ollie McGuinness, Ard Aóibhínn.
• Martha Hoare, Hawthorn Drive.
• Colm O’Reilly.

Thanks to everyone who bought and sold tickets your support is very much appreciated. 

COACHING NEWS  (WK 47 2018)
A. Football Coaching Workshop : " Transitional play in Gaelic Football" 
Roscommon Coaching and Games Development will hold a club coaches workshop on Friday night November 23rd with Steven Poacher. 
Time = 7pm. Venue = Hyde Centre.  Please bring indoor trainers and boots.
• Indoor session  - approx. 40mins
• Outdoor Session – approx. 40mins
Can we ask all our Football Coaches to attend.
 
B. Presentation by Cuala GAA Club
Thank you to our Coaches who attended the presentation by Cuala GAA Club on Saturday evening.  It was a most informative and thought provoking work shop and those who attended really enjoyed it and got lots of useful tips to progress our club.  Huge thanks to John Donnellan and the coaching committee for organising the event.  Pictured are some of the attendees at the excellent workshop from Cuala GAA Club on coaching pathways and club structure. 

Scór Na nÓg 2019
This competition is open to all Roscommon Gaels members aged 17 or younger who would like to participate in the following: Ceilí, set dancing, solo singing, ballad group, recitation, instrumental music, drama and quiz. The Scor qualifier will be held on Saturday, 24th November in Ballinaheglish with winners representing Roscommon Gaels in the County Final on Sunday, 9th December in Dean Crowe, Athlone.  For more information and to register interest contact Rosaleen Greene [email protected] 

Lotto
Jackpot - €10,000 NO WINNER
Numbers Drawn - 5, 11, 29, 30

The weekly winners of €30 were
• Aga Lach, Cherry Drive.
• Aidan Davy, Racecourse Road.
• Dylan & Cara Corcoran, Donamon.
• Kathleen Gunning, Castlrea.

Thanks to everyone who bought and sold tickets your support is very much appreciated. 

COACHING NEWS  (WK 46 2018)
A. REMINDER - Hurling Foundation Refreshed Course Workshop
Roscommon Coaching and Games Development will hold a hurling foundation refresher course workshop for volunteer coaches on the first three modules on Tuesday night November 13th in St Coman's Wood NS, Roscommon Town from 7pm to 9pm.
Topics covered include: 
• Introduction/how to coach skills
• Skill Development 
• Games Development
The workshop will be presented by Martin Fogarty and Damien Coleman and open to all club hurling coaches. 
 
B. Reminder : Presentation by Cuala GAA Club
Cuala GAA Club has kindly agreed to speak with our Club Coaches. Presentation to cover two main topics :-
1. Findings of Strategic Review of Cuala GAA Club.
2. Coaching Practices  : covering some of the following :-
• Club Coaching Philosophy and Structures :
• Club-School Link
• Nursery Programme
• Overview of Player Pathway
• Coach Education / Coaching the Coaches
• Player Retention
Presentation will be held on Saturday 17 Nov. 5pm-8pm. Venue : Hyde Centre.
 
All our Club Coaches are asked to make every effort to attend.
 
This presentation will meet the “Coach the Coaches” objective set at the Club Coaching Mentoring meeting.
 
C. Our Club Coaches undertaking S&C Course
Thank You to two of our club coaches i.e. Bernie Mulry and Mick Byrne, who are taking the Connacht GAA S&C Course.
 
D. Football Coaching Workshop : " Transitional play in Gaelic Football" 
Roscommon Coaching and Games Development will hold a club coaches workshop on Friday night November 23rd with Steven Poacher. 
Time = 7pm. Venue = Hyde Centre.  Please bring indoor trainers and boots.
• Indoor session : "Key Performance Indicators in Gaelic Football" 
• Outdoor Session Two themes (40 mins & 40mins) .
 
E. National Coaching & Games Development Conference
The GAA Games Development Conference will take place on Friday, January 11th and Saturday, January 12th in Croke Park. The Conference programme is currently being finalised, with information available from https://learning.gaa.ie/conference2019 and @gaalearning
 
LGFA
U16 Football:
Hard luck to the U16 girls who were beaten by Castlerea in the Championship B final on Saturday. Our girls put in a great effort right up to the final whistle.The girls are a credit to themselves and to the club.  That Concludes all Ladies football for this year.  Thanks to all the coaches who have put in a lot of work with this panel of girls over the year.  

Football
Minor Football:
Our Minor Team have been kindly sponsored a new set of Jersey’s courtesy of Horan’s Restaurant.  Many Thanks to Johnny Horan and we would ask you to support our sponsor Horan’s Restaurant.

U20 Football:
Hard luck to our U20 lads who were defeated by Castlerea today. Roscommon Gaels 1-8 Castlrea 2-17.

Cards
Reminder that we have cards every Monday Night in the Hyde at 8.30pm for €5.  Come along for the Crack!

Social Media
Please check out and follow our Club Face book / Twitter sites for latest results and fixtures and goings on in the club

NEW MEN & WOMEN'S CIRCUIT TRAINING
HYDE CENTRE STARTS THURSDAY 15th NOVEMBER 8-9 PM
💥 Suitable for all levels of fitness
💥 Burn fat
💥 Improve fitness 
💥 Build strength and tone up

For further information contact Liam on (087) 783 2034

ROSCOMMON GAELS AGM
The Annual General Meeting  is the single most important meeting of the year in Roscommon Gaels. It’s here that members receive an account of the stewardship of the club for the previous year and where tentative plans and policies for the following year are laid-out and discussed. The AGM is also the meeting where Coiste (the executive committee of the club) is elected and where Motions & Resolutions are debated and voted upon.

Attendance: Open to “Full ” members who’s Annual Subscriptions were paid before 31 March 2018
If you are a qualifying Full Member and did not receive a notification about the agm please contact Niamh Kilmartin on 086 3818389 as soon as possible so we can investigate.

The Annual General Meeting of Roscommon Gaels Club will be held in The Hyde Centre on Saturday the 8th of December 2018 at 7.30pm. All nominations/motions must be returned to Niamh Kilmartin by email at [email protected] or by post to: 42 The Spinney, Abbeytown, Roscommon by Monday the 19th of November 2018.

Nomination For 2019:
Chairperson Teresa Hession
Vice Chairperson Frank Durkin (not seeking re election)
Secretary Niamh Kilmartin
Assistant Secretary *Frank Nally (not seeking re election)
Treasurer Harry Hoare
Assistant Treasurer Tom Fitzmaurice
P.R.O. Michelle Hughes Walsh
Assistant P.R.O. Andy Hession
Insurance Officer Hugh Waters
Registrar *Jackie Hickey (not seeking re election)
Officer for Irish Language
and Culture *Rosaleen Greene ** An appointed position, per 7.5 of the Club Constitution. (not seeking re election)
Development Officer David Waldron
Health & Wellbeing Una Ní Chuinn
Pitch Co-ordinator Philip Mullen
I.T. Officer Liam McNeela
Kit Co-Ordinator Paul Gleeson
Hyde Centre Rep. Mick Flahive
Hurling Delegates Tom Killion Sean Mulry
Football Delegates *Micheal Gleeson Mick Breheny (not seeking re election)
Childrens Officer(s) Máire Allen Peter Mullen ** An appointed position, per 7.5 of the Club Constitution. (not seeking re election)
Designated Person Joanne O’Reilly
Coaching Officer *John Donnellan (not seeking re election)
Safety Officer Francie Hoare
Minor Board Seamus Carthy (Chair) Finbar O Reilly (Sec)
Ladies Board Anthony McCormack (Chair) Michelle Hughes Walsh (Sec)
Camogie Board Tom O Farrell (Chair) Helen Fallon (Sec)
Hurling Committee Tom Killion Shane Nerney
Players Representative(s) Paul Gleeson David Waldron


It's November.  (from Sports Joe)
The season is over for everyone and we're a good couple of months out from any meaningful or competitive fixtures.
It's November and yet some of the stuff you'd hear even at this time of the year would drive you absolutely insane.
One club up north have implemented this policy where the players have to send pictures of themselves in a WhatsApp group every single time they go to the gym - just so they can prove that they actually went to the gym.

Another club are tallying up how many weights sessions and pitch sessions each of their men are doing and someone has worked it out as some sort of percentage to determine whether or not they've done an acceptable number of sessions.

It's November. That cannot be stressed enough.

Some of that stuff is madness anyway - talk about taking over people's lives and, God, you wouldn't need to guess how many of them have already muted notifications from those WhatsApp groups. It's too much as it is and then you take it into the context that... IT'S NOVEMBER.

Every single season - it doesn't matter if it's a good year or a bad year - you grow pissed off with the club and you need a break. We all love the GAA and we'd be nowhere without it but, by the end of each campaign, you're ready to cut ties. The cabin fever, the pressure, the monotony all gathers and you just need to get away from each other - piss off completely and not come back until you're ready.

But now it's November and boys are being hounded worse than they ever have been before. It'll feel like they've never had a break - not mentally anyway.

What happens then is you get a club who completely loses the plot. Around last May, back when the evenings had stretched, the sun was shining on one of those timeless Irish summer nights, a video emerged on social media of a club team training... in a hall. They weren't outside, they weren't making the most of the weather or the pitch or any of the things that they might use to play football. No, they were inside working on their auditory response times.

The players were in a line picking up different cones on different commands, trying to perfect how quickly they could all react to sound. What is going on? Go outside. Kick a bloody football, for God's sake.

Where did that idea come from anyway? Did they think in the last five minutes of a championship game that their auditory response times were going to give them the advantage?

That's just one depressing example of a culture that has swept the country. Conditioning coaches are analysing running techniques rather than working up a sweat with the precious time you have with these amateur players. People are working on relaxation techniques and spending more time doing prehab than actually doing any training that might ever leave you with the need for rehab.

There's logic behind this stuff - if you're a professional. Maybe if you're an NFL athlete that's as perfectly trained as a human will ever be, then these supplements can improve you by a tenth of a second but Gaelic football coaches mostly get two nights a week to work with their teams and a lot of them are rarely thinking about improving their football.

No-one's saying that your team shouldn't be conditioned. No-one's stupid enough to argue that power isn't one of the biggest qualities of a GAA player but boys squat more than they do kick pass nowadays and coaches are coming back at the start of every year with a new idea that's going to be the one that gets them over the line.

They're looking for the extra 1% and, in the process, they neglect the 99% that's required to play this game.

So they focus on their little fad for the first five months of the season and then, when the action starts, it all quickly gets abandoned and they soon learn they've left it too late.

Boys just take their eyes off the ball. Literally.

Sometimes it's not just the newest or quirkiest trend.

How many times have you been almost teased about not seeing any footballs? "You can forget about the balls tonight."
How many times have you sat in a changing room after a loss and had a list of incriminating stats read out? The breaking ball count wasn't good enough, the kickout percentages were pathetic - that sort of thing. Then you get down to the field on Tuesday night and you run. You crawl. You do push-ups and this is supposed to help you go for a breaking ball better or tighten up your kickout strategy.

The best teams get the balance right. When they're in the gym, they're working hard - they're not practicing functional movement and landing techniques. They play football in training and they do it with fierce intensity. The best managers adopt common sense and, mostly, they practice playing the sport they're going to be playing in games.
It's funny how that helps them.
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Some of them might look for the 1% that they're missing. Fine. But they won't do it at the expense of the 99%.
And they sure as hell won't find it working on auditory responses anyway.

Lotto
Jackpot - €10,000 NO WINNER
Numbers Drawn - 3, 4, 5, 23

The weekly winners of €30 were
• John Earley, Ard Aoibhínn.
• Shane Nerney, Abbeytown.
• Shane Costello, Larry’s.
• Bunty Geraghty, C/o Helen Farmer.

Thanks to everyone who bought and sold tickets your support is very much appreciated. 

COACHING NEWS  (WK 45 2018) 
A. End of Season – Thank You to All our Club Coaches
As the majority of our teams have finished for the season – Roscommon Gaels extends a huge THANK YOU to all our coaches for your efforts and dedication over 2018 - most of the time unseen and yet, without you, our club would not function.
 
Give some thought as to what coaching aspects worked well in the season just finished and you can improve your coaching sessions next year.
 
Consider how to better plan your coaching sessions and ensure there is consistency in delivery of coaching information to your teams.
 
It is also important for our club to get feedback from our coaches on how best the club can assist you. Please give feedback to any member of the Coaching Committee.
 
B. Coaching Committee Meeting – 06 Nov
Important meeting, with key topic, to conclude discussions re. Dual Nursery for 2019. Venue : Hyde. Time : 8.30pm – 9.30pm.
 
C. REMINDER - Hurling Foundation Refreshed Course Workshop
Roscommon Coaching and Games Development will hold a hurling foundation refresher course workshop for volunteer coaches on the first three modules on Tuesday night November 13th in St Coman's Wood NS, Roscommon Town from 7pm to 9pm.
• Topics covered include: 
• Introduction/how to coach skills
• Skill Development 
• Games Development
The workshop will be presented by Martin Fogarty and Damien Coleman and open to all club hurling coaches. 
 
D. Update on our Club Coaching Mentoring Programme
Cuala GAA Club has kindly agreed to speak with our Club Coaches on a number topics under the broad heading
of “Coaching Structures”. Agenda is being finalised and will be confirmed before the end of the coming week.
 
Presentation will be held on Saturday 17 Nov. 5pm-8pm. Venue : Hyde Centre.
 
All our Coaches are asked to make every effort to attend.
 
This presentation will meet the “Coach the Coaches” objective set at the Club Coaching Mentoring meeting.
 
E. Our Club Coaches – 2018

​Minor Camogie Report 2018
The Roscommon Gaels minor panel in 2018 consisted of 21 dedicated camogie players, 6 of whom were still U16 in 2018. The older girls in this bunch of minors were the group of players who participated when Roscommon Gaels first entered two U12 teams in 2012 as a mechanism of maximising participation and maximising game time for young camogie players. These minor players also made up the majority of the Roscommon Gaels 2018 Junior (adult) camogie panel and competed well for their club throughout the summer of 2018.

The minor championship is the only competition for minor camogie players in Roscommon and it is normally fixed for October and is to be finished before 24th October each year, according to a Roscommon Co Camogie Board bye-law. All Junior and Senior camogie clubs in Roscommon play minor players at adult level. Some to do this because they need minor players in order field at adult level, e.g. Roscommon Gaels. Other clubs appear to play only their best players even if that means playing minors instead of adults. The result is that minor players involved in Junior and Senior camogie are playing adult camogie throughout the summer and autumn and are deemed not to be available to play in a minor competition with their peer group. In addition, there is anecdotal evidence to suggest that adult players fall away from camogie in some clubs because their places on the teams are increasingly taken up by minor players.

Since the minor competition is then fixed when all adult competitions are finished by which time it is getting late in the year, the Co Board splits the six minor clubs into two groups of three. In 2018, Roscommon Gaels were in Group 1 with Pádraig Pearses and St Dominics, whilst Group 2 comprised Four Roads, Oran and Athleague.

What all this means is that minor players who don’t play adult camogie or only play Junior and not Senior camogie, train from early in the year right into October and November with no guarantee of any more than two minor games. Players who are not available for one or both of those matches, get less. Invariably in October and November, the weather is deteriorating, dark winter nights are setting in, and school and college commitments make it difficult for minor teams to train during the week; and matches can only be held at weekends. It is difficult to keep players and managers motivated under these circumstances as one can imagine. This current approach to the minor competition is flawed and does not serve the camogie needs of minor players in County Roscommon adequately.

In early 2018, Roscommon Gaels club put forward proposals to change the minor competition to (a) a round robin challenge so that each club would be guaranteed a minimum of five games with their peer group, and (b) an earlier time in the year. Roscommon Gaels put forward dates in the fixtures calendar when additional matches could be played in August and September. However, none of these proposals were successful at Co Board level. Roscommon Gaels will make similar proposals for the 2019 minor competition.

Roscommon Gaels played St Dominics on Sunday 28th October in Lisnamult and although played a good game, lost by four points on a scoreline of 4:3 to 1:8. St Domincs were awarded their first goal early in the game by the referee when the St Dominics umpire declared a goal. Despite the protestations of the Gaels umpire that the ball had not crossed the goal-line and despite the admission by the St Dominics umpire to the referee and Gaels umpire at half time that the ball had in fact not crossed the goal-line, the goal stood.

Roscommon Gaels played away to Pádraig Pearses on Friday 2nd November at 3pm as fixed by the Co Board Fixtures Committee. The weather was atrocious, bitterly cold, windy and wet. The girls put up a great battle but unfortunately bowed out on a scoreline of 2:7 to 1:1.
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The minor camogie team management and coaching group consisted of Jimmy Brennan, John Casey, Ríona McGuinness, Tom Killion and Patricia Torpey. The management would like to thank all of these players for their great commitment to camogie and to Roscommon Gaels during 2018. We very much appreciate the sacrifices all the players made to be at matches with the team and we also very much appreciate the support which parents gave us during the year.That concludes the minor camogie report for 2018.
Patricia Torpey 

Football​
Minor Football:
Date for the diary Roscommon Gaels Minor AGM @ 8.30pm Thursday 22nd November in The Hyde Centre.

U20 Football:
Hardluck to our U20 Lads who commenced the U20 Championship today against St Faithleach’s.  Unfortunately we were defeated by Faithleach’s.  We play Castlrea next Sunday in O’Rourke Park at 12pm. ​

Well Done
Well done Roscommon Gaels Clubman and newest International Aodha Hession who starred for Ireland U18's yesterday in a 31 - 12 victory against Italy in Treviso. A great and proud day for the Hession family, Creggs RFC, Roscommon Gaels and Indeed Roscommon.